Your Handy Dungeons & Dragons Vocabulary Starter Guide

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Maybe you’ve been watching our Twitch stream and learning about tabletop gaming. Maybe you’re so drawn into the narrative potential of Dungeons & Dragons that you want to start up your own game. Awesome! We love to help you guys discover the joy of gaming, so here is a quick compilation of some standard D&D terms to help make understanding the process a little easier.

Halfling – Humanoids of half normal human size who are well suited for the art of thievery.

Tiefling – A humanoid of demonic lineage (depending on the game edition) usually with horns, sharp teeth, and orb eyes.

Skills & Skill Checks

Characters have a variety of proficiencies. Skill checks are often used whenever a player attempts to accomplish something. Checks can include lock picking, determining character motives, swimming, climbing, crafting, etc. All skills are rooted in one attribute, so each rank in a skill gives a bonus to a roll based on that root attribute, if applicable.